Imagine if you can, a place where children are reared to adulthood, educated from kindergarten to year 12, before heading off to university. There, they study a course on offer and then embark on a career to participate in civic life as a responsible and virtuous citizen.
Would it surprise you to know that such a place does not currently exist in Australia or the United Kingdom (and only marginally in the USA)?
Universities offer a number of different streams of learning, each of which holds the promise of employable qualifications or useful scientific knowledge.
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